Riding a bike for the first time this Saturday.. advice?

[Tango5]

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There's nothing to be scared of man. I rode my bike around for a bit with experienced riders before I did my RTI MSF course - just passed the course and got my M2 this weekend and never dropped the bike. You'll be fine... just find some people that can teach/guide you for your first time out.

250's are really nothing to be scared of - they are babies, very forgiving and gentle. A lot of people on here like to get newbies down for whatever reason.. they scare them and make them feel inadequate because of a lack of skill... then there are the other group that look down on them for not riding supersports (600cc +). You have to realize that this forum is not based on expertise.. just because some one has 2800 posts doesn't mean that they know what they're talking about. For all you know they could be living in their parents basement logging in every 15 minutes because the have nothing better to do.. That's the internet for you.

But regardless- take everything you read on here with a grain of salt. It's very easy to manipulate newbies and talk **** on forums. Don't worry and take it easy and learn at your own pace. You'll be fine.

If you're in the Sauga area or North York PM me.

Cheers and remember to RIDE AT YOUR OWN PACE.

Grats on passing the course!

I had to LOL at how quickly you went form thanking one of the posters for making you realize how cocky and confident you quickly became to deciding most here are basement dwelling dweebs intent on keeping the noobs down.

 

[cycling]

Grats on passing the course!

I had to LOL at how quickly you went form thanking one of the posters for making you realize how cocky and confident you quickly became to deciding most here are basement dwelling dweebs intent on keeping the noobs down.

#1 on your comments. Nothing unusual out here.

 

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Grats on passing the course!

I had to LOL at how quickly you went form thanking one of the posters for making you realize how cocky and confident you quickly became to deciding most here are basement dwelling dweebs intent on keeping the noobs down.

Well there are genuinely helpful people here - and then there are those that reiterate a point they've read someone else make. Just like any other forum.. you gotta take everything with a grain of salt and decide what's right for you. Everything on here is just an opinion and there are lots of contradictory ones and they are meant to inform/direct you but not decide what you should do.

Example: The "Sportbikes are not for beginners" thread

In the end I found out for myself that I was extremely comfortable on my bike and I'm glad I went out before my MSF course because that definitely helped me pass. I caught on to concepts quicker. However, there were people at the course who couldn't even keep the bike upright and dropped it multiple times - if that is you (a general you, not you specifically), then perhaps it would have been quite bad if you had attempted to take the bike out beforehand.

People sometimes forget how to think for themselves.

 

[wandering_bandit]

glad to hear OP is getting into the swing of things.

Reiterate what some others have already said. Ride at your own pace. Easy to say but not to do.

Discovering what your own personal "limits" are and riding within them really takes one to check their ego at the door and know thyself. That's my epiphany - knowing thyself on the bike is partly about about discovering what your limits are (on the bike) - you will always push yourself just a little bit more - that's what we do - to get that thrill, that feeling - what we ride for. That first exhilaration you get when you finally figure out the gears or really lean into a turn - it is intoxicating. But then you want more - to go further or faster - to push harder .... this is where you must find your limit and stay within it - or else - bad things ensue. So Ride your own pace.

Take whatever vanity or ego we have, check it at the door, and just enjoy the ride.

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